Gixian Puppeteer is basically Sheoldred at home, draining for two whenever we draw our second card of a turn, which helps keep our life total high and also gives us a way to burn our opponent out of the game without attacking
However, in June 2025 we got an unexpected wave of bans in what WotC called its "mid-year ban announcement" - followed by a single card 'emergency' ban in March 2026
Chocobos make a big splash in MTG as Bird-tribal creatures that thrive on Landfall effects, usually gaining +1/+0 for each land you put out
Ursula's Return also broke the mold by centering one of its starter decks entirely around a single universe: Encanto
Three mana for a 1/1 flyer that stuns something is probably already a playable card especially in a format with a Faerie deck and some payoffs for tapping things, so the fact that you also have the option of just playing this on turn one makes this a nice Common One of the downsides with counter magic that gives your opponent the option of paying mana to ignore it is that it gets worse as the game goes longer, but the Faerie upside here helps hedge against that
Milling yourself or your opponent is a pretty good effect in the format too